The OPPA is one of more than 30 organizations that are represented and serve on the Attorney General's Task Force on Criminal Justice and Mental Illness. The original work of this group was founded in 2001, when Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Stratton formed the Advisory Committee on Mental Illness and the Courts (ACMIC).

The OPPA is one of more than 30 member organizations of the Coalition for Healthy Communities that includes agencies, provider groups and organizations that advocate for, or provide direct services for, Ohioans with mental illness.

The Ohio Coalition for Patient Rights (CPR) is a group of citizens and organizations concerned that Ohioans, regardless of income or diagnosis, have access to quality and appropriate health care treatment and medication.

Ohio's Psychotropic Medications in Our Children

In partnership with BEACON (Best Evidence Advancing Child health in Ohio Now!), the State of Ohio is working with various healthcare leaders, stakeholders, and medical professionals to evaluate and improve prescribing of atypical antipsychotics and other psychotropic medications to the youngest members of the Medicaid population. Over the next three years, the state will invest $1 million to launch this new quality improvement initiative.

The Pediatric Psychiatry Network is a technologically supported system of consultation, communication, quality improvement, and direct services designed to both increase access to child psychiatry consultation and triage for person-centered medical homes, primary care, and community mental health provider organizations; and to break down barriers to integrated care through system-linking technology used by a coordinated and competent decision support network.

The MIND (Mental Illness - No Discrimination) Movement is a collaboration of Ohio agencies, organizations, and individuals joining together in the fight to end the discrimination surrounding mental illness. We all share this common goal, but until now, there hasn't been one common message and place for sharing anti-stigma/anti-discrimination resources.